Rescue efforts are still underway as 20 migrants are still missing after a boat from Libya capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.

Seven people were rescued and 21 people were missing at sea after a migrant shipwreck off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard said on Wednesday. The survivors, all male Syrian nationals, were picked up from a semi-sunken boat about 18.5 kilometers southwest of Lampedusa, a statement said.

By Alberto Chiumento and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Seven people were rescued and 21 people were missing at sea after a migrant shipwreck off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard said on Wednesday.

Seven migrants were rescued and 21 are missing after a shipwreck occurred off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the country’s Coast Guard said Wednesday. The rescued migrants, all men of Syrian nationality, said there are three minors among the 21 missing, who fell into the sea due to bad weather during the journey.

About 20 migrants are believed to be missing after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean this week, the U.N. refugee agency and the Italian coast guard said Wednesday. Seven Syrians were rescued and taken to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa,